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Beast It might be only realistic because Hasbro's trained us to believe so. Without knowing the cost I cannot intelligently comment on this except to say that I buy the product as I described. I'd initially want to pay about $20 for such figure.

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Have I ever mentioned how much I HATE, LOATH, DESPISE, DETEST these exclusives which tell collector #$%^ you if your not rich. Yeah, like that. Now I remember what I used to hate about collecting and why I've been out of it for so long.

After getting shafted with no exclusive for celebration last year (an event I actually could, and did, attend) I've got to say that I hate the way Hasbro handles these things. At least there's Lego Star Wars. They started getting most of my discretionary dollars last year and from what was shown at comic con (or rather not shown by Hasbro) they will continue to do so.

I still can't believe they're kicking off an all new line targeted at collectors with a figure most collectors won't be able to get. There are enough of us out there who think that "if I can't get them all I'm not getting any," that I believe this will really bite them in the rear end.

Rebelscum's Comic Con guy overheard the Star Wars brand manager tell someone else that the Carbonite Block will likely be re-released at some point so that people can get it. So it'll likely only be the packaging that is exclusive. I have a feeling it would probably be with eventual Leia: Boushh.

I got to see one up close in person during the con, and my thoughts are pretty much unchanged:
- execution is lacking thanks to low- to mid-quality sculpting,
- finish issues like poorly-finished runner mold-marks and seams,
- joints are unattractive,
- the shoulders are too low,
- paint on Han carbonite was swirly and cheap-looking up close,
- paint job on Boba is simple and lacks depth,
- accessories look like upscaled 3.75" line pieces,
- the whole affair just looks too much like a lower-quality 3.75" set.

Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.

"In Brooklyn, a castle, is where dwell I"

The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.

The sculpting is much, much better than Hasbro's Marvel 6" figures. Having bought 4 of the 6 Iron Man 3 ones, I feared some of the QC problems on those might make their way to SW BS. Swirly plastic all over the figure especially on the Bleeding Edge Iron Man as well as brittle plastic.

At least based on Fett, that doesn't seem to be the case. My Carbo Han has a bit of swirliness but only on the back.